Improvements crank-pins for cut-nail machines



W. HADDOGK. CRANK-PINS FOR CUT-NAIL MACHINES.

No.17Z,4:Z8.

Patented J'an.18,1876.

N. PETERS, PHDTO-UYHOGRAPNER, WASHXNGYON, D C,

WORCESTER HADDOOK, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR, BY

MESNE ASSIGNMEMTS, TO AURORA IRON AND NAIL COMPANY, OF

AURORA, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN CRANK-PINS FOR CUT-NAIL MACHINES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. H'FEAQS, dated January 18, 1876; application filed September 13,1875.

OAsE B.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WORCESTER HADDOOK, of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Crank Pin for Gut-Nail Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact descrip tion thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in crank-pins for driving-gear for self-feedin g device of cut-nail machines; and consists in adjusting the crank or wrist pin with relation to the axis of the crank-disk through the medium of a right and a left threaded screw, the latter being furnished with ajam-nut.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, 1 will proceed to do scribe more fully its construction and operation.

In the accompanyingdrawings, which form part of my specification, Figure l is a front or face view of my improvement in crank-pin for cut-nail machines. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the same at line y of Fig. 1. Fig. 4: is a side view of the same, representing two crank-pins and disks arranged on a shaft having driving pulleys.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the disk; B, the crank or wrist pin, on which is placed a sleeve, g, held in a fixed position by means of a screwnut, hf The inner end of the wrist-pin B is provided with an opening having screw-threads fitted to screwthreads of the screw 0, which is held in the disk A by means of the pin f, which is fitted in a groove in the end of the screw. The in ner end of the screw 0 is coniformed and fitted to a cavity in the inner end of the screw D, which is furnished with ajam-nut, e. The screws 0 and D are provided with difi'erent kinds of screw-threads-that is to say, one has right-hand screw-threads and the other lefthand screw-threads. The crank or wrist pin B moves in a slot, K, in the face of the disk A, and the screws 0 and D are placed in a chamber or recess, 1.

The disk A may be constructed in two parts by having the face B detachable.

A represents the shaft of the disk A, and

-is furnished with pulleys m.

with relation to the axis of the disk A, the

screw-nut h is unscrewed sufficiently to allow the screw 0 to turn easily in the opening in the pin, and the jam-nut c is unscrewed, so as to allow the screw D to turn easily. The operator turns the screw O, which will move the crank or wrist pin B out from or in toward the axis of the disk A, in accordance with the direction of the travel of the screw. pin B is moved to the point desired, the screw D is screwed against the end of the screw 0, and the screw-nuts h and e tightened up, so as to hold the pin B and screws O and D in a fixed position.

The advantage of my improvement consists in enabling the operator of cut'nail machines to adjust with ease, facility, and certainty the crank-pin of the gear used in connection with the self-feeding device, such as described in Letters Patent granted me November 25, 187 3, No. 144,845, and subsequently reissued.

Having thus described my improvement, what I claim as of my invention is- The combination of the Wrist-pin B, screws O D,jam-nut e, and disk A, constructed, arranged, and operating with relation to each other substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

WORCESTER HADDOOK.

Witnesses:

JAMEs J. JOHNSTON, A. O. JOHNSTON.

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